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Journalist Nadarajah Kugarajah was attacked by the police on the 19th of February while on assignment to cover a reported petrol bomb explosion leaving him hospitalized for injuries. At the site of the blast,where several vehicles were gutted,Kugarajah had set up his film equipment without disturbing the scene of the crime. However, after he was threatened to not film the incident, his camera was pushed away, and he was punched in the face by the Acting Officer-in-Charge of the Kopay Police Station who was reportedly in civil clothing. The Free Media Movement (FMM) condemned the attack and called for those responsible to be investigated and held accountable.